Ship broker

The yard

Nobody in a refugee crisis commissions a new ship. The broker sells what is lying there, each hull with her own wear and her own price.

Three kinds of hull

Converted hauler

A freight hull with the holds still in it. Two decks, cheap, and nobody has to be persuaded to sell it.

Decks
2
Hold
45 m³
Tanks
18,000 litres
  • Converted hauler, newNew
  • Converted hauler, serviceableServiceable
  • Converted hauler, wornWorn

Decommissioned transport

Built to carry troops, so it carries people. A third deck and a great deal more room to work with.

Decks
3
Hold
30 m³
Tanks
22,000 litres
  • Decommissioned transport, newNew
  • Decommissioned transport, serviceableServiceable
  • Decommissioned transport, wornWorn

Worn liner

Meant for passengers once, which means plumbing, berths, and a hull that has already carried more people than it should have.

Decks
4
Hold
25 m³
Tanks
30,000 litres
  • Worn liner, newNew
  • Worn liner, serviceableServiceable
  • Worn liner, wornWorn

The state she is in

Stripped
A hull and nothing else.
Half-fitted
A slice of a working ship: enough to be a ship, rarely enough to sail.
Working
A full fit, sold because her owners ran out of route.
Loaded
A full fit and more, with stores still in her, from a bankruptcy auction.
Furnished
A sound hull somebody left, with all of the last crew's worn equipment still in her.

Seven histories

Who the captain was decides what the captain can pay.

Space pirate

You took what you needed from ships that could not stop you, and the ports you used wrote it down. Somebody always recognises the name, and not always kindly.

Starting credits 650

Union organiser

You got them to the port, which means they already owe you and already argue with you.

Starting credits 850

Security officer

You have put down worse crowds than the one waiting outside. The growers will watch you.

Starting credits 900

Field medic

You have chosen who to treat before. You will do it again, on this ship, with less.

Starting credits 1,050

Ship's engineer

You know what the hull will do before anyone tells you. The crew trusts you to keep it alive and not to lead it.

Starting credits 1,400

Disowned rich kid

The money was never yours and now it is not your family's either. You were taught to be charming and to expect things, and nobody taught you to work.

Starting credits 1,800

Freighter captain

You know the route, the brokers and what a berth is worth to a frightened family.

Starting credits 3,200